Morphine is a type of strong pain relief medicine called an opioid. This page is about the use of morphine for pain relief in children.
Learn about pain relief medication and how to administer it, including patient controlled analgesia.
Learn techniques to help distract your child from, and manage, their pain in the hospital and at home.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Find out how PCA and NCA help your child get relief from severe, short-term pain in the hospital.
Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.
Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.
There are various physical methods available to treat JIA pain including heat, cold, massage, and exercise. Learn how you can use these techniques for pain relief.
Learn about the benefits of using massage and TENS for effective pain management.
Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
Pain can be caused by cancer, procedures, treatments or symptoms of cancer and treatments. Find out how you can manage and how your health-care team can help you.
Find out how to offer sucrose or breastfeeding to ease your child's pain from needle pokes.
Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.
Discover the CARD system, which offers strategies your child or teen can use to cope with the pain and fear associated with vaccination.
Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage cancer-related pain in children.
Learn about medications used to enhance pain management. Medications such as corticosteroids, anti-depressants, and sedatives are discussed.
Your pain care team may recommend opioids to help you manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.
Learn how to identify neck pain in your child and properly care for them until they are feeling better.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Learn about the different types of pain a child with cancer may experience, what causes pain and how long these types of pain last.
Your child's pain team may recommend opioids to help them manage acute (sudden) or persistent pain. Read about opioids, some of their side effects and how to manage side effects of opioids.
